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Karpathy Recipe

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Applies Karpathy's "A Recipe for Training Neural Networks" adapted to software engineering. Forces a minimum runnable baseline before optimizing, one knob at a time, with verifiable eval at the beginning. Use when implementing a new feature, doing a non-trivial refactor, integrating an external service, or when the user says "implement X from scratch", "how to start feature Y", "recipe", "incremental approach", "baseline first".

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Claude CodeCodexCursorGitHub CopilotGemini CLI

Supported by the Atlas install prompt. Skill-specific requirements vary.

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About this skill

Applies Karpathy's "A Recipe for Training Neural Networks" adapted to software engineering. Forces a minimum runnable baseline before optimizing, one knob at a time, with verifiable eval at the beginning. Use when implementing a new feature, doing a non-trivial refactor, integrating an external service, or when the user says "implement X from scratch", "how to start feature Y", "recipe", "incremental approach", "baseline first".

Quick start

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  2. Send it to your agent. Paste it into your coding agent’s chat and send.
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About this listing

Category
Engineering
Reported license
Not specified
Listing language (estimated)
English
Review status
Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility
Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.
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